I think of rifle as a single point in space whereas shotgun is chucking something the size and shape of a dustbin through the air.
Agree using 7.5 fibre through 28" back-bored barrels & cylinder chokes at skeet is a silly idea but I was just just trying to clear space for the 2k Remingtons I'm collecting today (might double that as there's only 6k left at the supplier). It isn't the first time I've had inexplicable non-breaks called by a very experienced shooter/coach standing next to me with that combination, I know that some very experienced shooters & coaches can see the shot string, apparently its like a pencil line. Anyway once I change to the Remingtons I was breaking everything until the high house trap went on strike.
I doubt the pattern would open up enough to allow a clay to fly through unmolested at skeet range regardless of cartridge and choke used, further out then yes it could happen.
I shot an edge on far out crossing come curving clay at a registered some time back, about 10 shooters in front of me (some quite well known) failed to hit it consecutively with just one or two shot.
I shot it with ¼ choke, hit 3 in a row missing the last one, the watching expert (who is a decent shot) asked what choke I was using. On finding the answer was ¼ he proceeded to tell me I missed the last bird as it slipped through the pattern, ¼ was completely wrong for that distance of clay.
Now if he had bothered to ask the real reason I missed he would have found out that being the last clay I got a little over excited started to move the gun too soon, I then got what my brain perceived was too far in front and stopped the gun to correct and shot behind the clay. No way was that clay being hit with that technique regardless of choke.
As far as the ¼ choke being wrong choice I decided rightly or wrongly the clay was doing too many things at my desired kill point. It was crossing, curling and dropping I figured opening up would give me more margin for error at that range and was prepared to take the risk of it slipping through the pattern. I reckon getting 3 out of 4 meant it was the right choice for me.
So don’t always take advice from so called experts even if they are not bad shots themselves regards choke selection. Unexplained misses do happen (something went wrong but no one picked up exactly what) however some feel the need to try and quantify them rather than say I haven't a @!#!!@@ what you did there mate.
Regards the OP I know of one former England sporting captain who does use quite open chokes, it obviously seems to work very well for him.
anyway stop mentioning non functional entities... as they are... well ...non functional and an affront on the forum 
